Deuteronomy 21:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elrs of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 19:2 : 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
  • Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
  • Phil 2:8 : 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 21:4
    89%

    4And the elrs of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

  • Deut 21:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6And all the elrs of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is behead in the valley:

    7And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

    2Then thy elrs and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

  • Deut 19:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

    11But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

    12Then the elrs of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and liver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

    13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

  • Exod 21:28-32
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    75%

    28If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

    29But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

    30If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

    31Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

    32If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

  • Exod 21:34-36
    3 verses
    74%

    34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

    35And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

    36Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

  • Num 19:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

    3And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

  • Lev 17:3
    73%

    3What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that kilth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kilth it out of the camp,

  • Num 19:5
    73%

    5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

  • Lev 4:15
    72%

    15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be kild before the LORD.

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21And he that kilth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kilth a man, he shall be put to death.

  • Deut 13:15
    72%

    15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, stroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  • Lev 24:18
    71%

    18And he that kilth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

  • Exod 22:10
    71%

    10If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

  • Isa 7:21
    70%

    21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

  • Deut 19:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

    6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of ath, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

  • Deut 22:18
    70%

    18And the elrs of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

  • Exod 21:14
    70%

    14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Num 35:3
    70%

    3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

  • Deut 20:15
    69%

    15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

  • Ezek 43:21
    69%

    21Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

  • Num 35:27
    69%

    27And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

  • Josh 20:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

  • Num 19:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

    17And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

  • Num 19:9
    69%

    9And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

  • Deut 19:3
    68%

    3Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divi the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

  • Num 35:24
    68%

    24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

  • Josh 20:6
    68%

    6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

  • Exod 22:1
    68%

    1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

  • Deut 22:26
    68%

    26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of ath: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

  • Exod 21:12
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    12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

  • Deut 22:24
    68%

    24Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  • Lev 27:26
    68%

    26Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.

  • Num 35:12
    68%

    12And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

  • Lev 4:21
    68%

    21And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.